Killers enjoy jail lag-over

It’s all very relaxed and screws don’t tend to ­interfere too much. But obviously a lot of the lads want to get their leg over.

A jail source

Prison officers let inmates walk round jail grounds with their other halves on the relaxed, day-long visit last month.

But three lusty lifers at Gartree jail used the free time to get frisky.

The convicted killers headed into the bushes and hid around corners before getting their wicked way.

But the randy prisoners were later nabbed by officers and given a dressing-down.

They have been banned from applying for family ­visits for 12 months and from unsupervised family day walks at the Category B prison in Market Harborough, Leicesteshire.

A source at the jail – which houses killers and sex offenders serving life sentences – told the Daily Star Sunday: “Family days are the days prisoners most look forward to. They get the whole day to spend with their other halves and kids.

“There’s children’s entertainment in the gym and they can enjoy a sit-down meal with the family.

“It’s all very relaxed and screws don’t tend to ­interfere too much. But obviously a lot of the lads want more than that. They want to get their leg over.”

Prisoners in the UK are not allowed conjugal ­visits – in which inmates and their wives or girlfriends are ­allowed in a prepared and unsupervised room for ­intimacy – as in other countries.

The insider added: “Family days are the only way to do it. The screws let cons walk around unrestricted ­areas within the grounds. So that’s where they take advantage of the opportunity. It happens all the time.”

He said the three were not caught in the act but ­officers got wind of the romp.

Prison chiefs have cracked down on what prisoners can do on family days.

“They don’t regret what they did. They’re in for life anyway, there’s nothing more punishing than that,” said our source.

Family visits are privileges given to long-term ­prisoners on enhanced status.

Last year a murderer at Gartree claimed in a TV documentary that prison was so cushy he didn’t want to be freed.

Lance Rudge, 24, said: “You have everything – TV, stereo, three meals a day. I’ve got it nice and I don’t want it to change.”